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Taylor Road Unit

Taylor Road Unit from directly overhead

Taylor Road Unit is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 631 m. North Plattekill stands 1,021 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Supply

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.44372, -74.61657

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 37
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Village Green at Jefferson: 2.6 mi
  • Mine Kill State Park: 8.1 mi
  • Kirkside Park: 11.0 mi
  • Worcester Park: 12.2 mi
Museums: 20
  • Maple Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Lansing Manor House: 7.8 mi
  • New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 7.8 mi
  • Gilboa Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Pratt Museum: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Richmondville Service Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
  • Post WWII Memorial: 18.3 mi
  • David Pethic Memorial Plaque: 18.9 mi
  • Donald Sutton Memorial Plaque: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Mine Kill Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Creamery Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Manor Kill Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Hardenburg Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Boucks Falls: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • statue of liberty replica: 22.5 mi
  • The Hunter: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • East Worcester Rest Area: 11.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Taylor Road Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PlattekillSSW 192°1,021 m11.2 mi
Schultice MountainSSE 149°1,001 m10.1 mi
Moresville Range HPSSE 151°991 m5.5 mi
Narrow Notch MountainS 180°985 m7.6 mi
Utsayantha MountainSSE 156°978 m3.4 mi
McGregor MountainSSE 153°973 m4.2 mi
Cowan MountainSSW 194°935 m7.0 mi
Churchill MountainS 175°934 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2219:5720:40
September equinox06:4618:2118:58
December solstice07:2515:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435564696760483829
Precip in2.82.43.33.83.64.74.84.44.14.43.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1134359880

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